We need this in Texas, if we don’t already have it.
Good!
It is about time someone did this!!
The fines should quintuple if the lane camper has traffic queued behind them with open road out front.
My youngest daughter refers to this kind of thing as "a first world problem".
In light of recent events, I've since concluded they are just stupid, selfish, and unaware like 51% of the American electorate.
Well, you know what, pal? If I have to pass you on the right, YOU'RE in the wrong lane. MOVE OVER!
“The a vehicle has to stay right except when overtaking another vehicle or preparing for a left turn.”
Seems the way this law is written would effectively remove a lane from the highway. You can only dart in and out of the third lane but can’t remain in the fourth lane for any period of time even if the third lane traffic is moving relatively slow? It’s a good idea but the way it’s written is going to be shooting fish in a barrel for a cop in the mood to write tickets.
About damned time! Especially Pennsylvanians, who routinely block the left lane on highways in NJ. Whenever I see a huge knot of traffic, and 1/2 a mile of open lane in front of some driver in the left lane, 9 times out of 10, they’ve got Pennsylvania plates. I really don’t know why that is, but PA drivers are the worst when it comes to having a clue about driving on multi-lane highways.
Poking along in the left lane? Prepare to pay (Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/20656789.html?tab=video&c=y
I don’t care if you’re going faster than the speed limit or not. If you’re not passing something (and the road is not congested in a way that justifies using all the lanes), get out of the left hand lane.
Oh, never mind. I’ve given up all hope of the state of driving on our roads ever improving. Not when we give out driver’s licenses to the barely competent, and almost all enforcement is of the (excessively low, in many cases) speed limits.
IMHO the greatest cause of highway accidents.
More signs isn't a bad idea, I think I've seen one, once -- but the law isn't being enforced now, and may never have been. I've never heard of anyone getting a ticket for it in NJ -- 0 x $50 will pay for exactly 0 new signs.
Something correct!
Right lane for cursing, middle and left for passing.......
If the speed limit - the law - is 65, why are people attempting to pass when you are traveling at 65 ?
I have received speeding tickets when I was young. I was driving faster than the posted speed limit.
I refuse to be forced to drive faster than the speed limit.
No one is going to force me into getting a ticket.
If traffic on a 65-mph road is moving at 55, then anyone is legally entitled to travel in the left lane, since they are passing those going 55 in the center lane.
If someone wants to drive 85 in the left lane and has to slow down to the legal limit of 65, that’s just too bad.
Nothing in the law supports driving over the speed limit except for while a driver is in the process of passing.
If you cruise for miles and miles at 80+ in the left lane, you are breaking the law.
Nice. Hopefully this will be equally enforced against those people who think the left lane is the “fast lane” and that they can stay in it flying 20 mph over the speed limit.
It has to do with common courtesy. If someone is coming up behind you, move to the right. It should not even have to be a law, it should be nothing more than a recognition of your fellow man. Oh damn, must have been dreaming. There for a second I was thinking that most people really might give a $#!*.
Contrarian that I am, I see a problem here. More than once, I’ve been forced into the left/middle lane, or forced to slam on my brakes, by some idjit merging onto the road (I guess their teacher never taught them the meaning of “yield”). My aunt was severely injured when some fool “merged” onto the interstate right on top of her.
So, I tend to get over when coming up on an exit and just because some Mario Andretti wannabe is barreling up the road at over 20 mph over the limit doesn’t mean I’m going to risk a speeding ticket. I’ll do 10, maybe 15 mph over, but I like having affordable car insurance.